Prague Diary Day 1

Finally managed to pick and edit sufficient photos to start the diary, so here goes...

In the previous post I put up a picture of where we were staying... We did arrive fairly early in the day (around noonish I think) and since it only gets dark around 9pm my tour coordinator made plans to go for a short excursion to Vysehrad Park, just south of the town area to get a 'feel' of the place and also to check out the transportation system which we were looking to make use of a fair bit.

Fortunately the metro experience wasn't as stressful as the one's we had in Rome and we reached our destination without too much difficulty... Once out of the train it was a slightly different story as it took us quite a while to get used to the directions in the guide book to get to the gardens.

Overall I thought it was a nice experience and the views were a good prelude of what was to come during the following days. I also managed to catch a glimpse of Charles Bridge and Prague Castle from one of the vantage points along the walk.

Finished off the evening with a traditional meal in a Czech Beer Hall.... Cannot really say much for the food, which we both found a little too salty for our taste but the beer... Excellent!

Stay tuned for the next installment. As usual, there are more pictures on my Flickr site which you can reach via the link embedded in the title...